The Nutcracker and the Mouse-King

E. T. A. Hoffmann

⏱ 7 minFamily classic

On Christmas Eve a little girl's ugly wooden Nutcracker comes alive to battle the seven-headed Mouse-King, and carries her off to a kingdom of dolls and sweets. Hoffmann's stranger, darker source of the ballet.

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